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Commission approves mixed-use conversion at 302 El Paseo with window/door condition

City of Ojai Planning Commission · February 18, 2026
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Summary

The Planning Commission approved a design review permit and minor conditional use permit to convert part of 302 El Paseo Road from administrative offices to mixed retail and restaurant uses with outdoor dining, subject to a condition requiring the applicant to return to the community development director and Commissioner Chesley for detailed review of door and window schedules.

The City of Ojai Planning Commission on Feb. 18 approved a project at 302 El Paseo Road that changes a single-use administrative office building to a mixed-use property including retail, a cafe with outdoor seating and retained limited office space on the second floor.

Staff described the proposal as a reconfiguration of the first floor into a roughly 1,300-square-foot retail space and a 1,591-square-foot cafe with outdoor dining, while limiting second-floor office area to the reported 1,270 square feet. The existing parking lot will be reconfigured: staff said the…

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